Curriculum Integration

All of our coaching projects start with the curriculum driven by
student needs. Planning is the key component. One shot workshops
don't work. It is important for teachers to collaborate and plan
together so they are not reinventing the wheel over and over again.
Professional development where teachers map the curriculum, align
standards, and design inquiry-based units, creates successful learning
communities.

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Calendaring the Curriculum facilitates development
of interdisciplinary projects and team teaching. Our coaches
have the experience to pull ideas and strategies together
so teachers can see the bigger picture. Here is an example
of calendaring 6th grade teachers in a California Middle School.

Curriculum Mapping facilitates standards and
inquiry-based projects that can be multi-disciplinary. Our
coaches can work with teachers before school starts to develop
projects aligned to standards and point to the appropriate
resources. When teachers can see what others are teaching
when, strategies appear that open the way to collaboration.
Below is a sample for fourth grade:

Curriculum Integration takes teachers time.
Our coaches work with the teachers to review the curriculum
and develop models that the teachers can use and adapt. We
then facilitate curriculum development, aligning the standards,
and choosing the appropriate resources for the activities.
This is an example of an activity that enhances a 4th grade
History textbook.

Unit - Chapter

Teaching Activity

History Standards

LA - Writing Standards

NETS

1

Teachers Edition page: 46E, Activity
Book p. 16

4.1

1.0, 1.6, 1.9

1, 3, 4

California Geography

Objectives: Students will be able to:
 Summarize information from the text
 Use an electronic graphic organizer

Activity at a Glance: Students will
review information in the text about California and review
the graphic organizer in the Activity Book. Students can use
the template created in Kidspiration and fill in the information.

Extensions: Students can create an
organizer using Kidspiration from scratch that defines characteristics
of different regions. Use the KWL template and have students
answer questions what they know about each of the regions,
what they want to learn, and what they learned. Include a
library of books: California People and Places, California:
From Sea to Shining Sea,

Introducing Activity: Teacher demonstates
activity using TV connected to computer. Set up and explain
rotation schedule for students to use computers in classroom.

Curriculum
Resources- Technology Learning Center at Oakland Unified School
District has curriculum resources that will be constantly upgraded
and added to. Check out the different grants that we are working
with in OUSD.

Content like the Port Chicago Disaster with
standards-based activities is what teachers and students need.
This valuable resource was created by Doug Prouty using images
and documents with permission from the U.S. Navy and Parks
Department. We are looking for content that we can develop
into a needed resource for educators as part of our coaching
projects with teachers as co-architects.

"My eCoach has been the ideal platform for many of our goals at the Bay Area Foreign Language Program. We use it to share our materials, announcements, and calendars, and the participants in our professional development programs have the opportunity to communicate and share with their colleagues across the Bay Area. This is a wonderful way of developing and supporting our professional learning community."